"Lights, Camera, Pittsburgh!" is scheduled to launch May 31.The 2 1/2-hour trip, put together with help from the Pittsburgh Film Office, will show off areas that were backdrops in major motion pictures and explain why those spots were chosen.

"We get a lot of questions at the office -- 'Where did that film?' or 'Where was this location? -- so we have been wanting to organize and put this together for a really long time," said Jessica Conner, assistant director of the Pittsburgh Film Office.

Pittsburgh and nearby areas have been the backdrop for films including ''Flashdance," "Night of the Living Dead," "The Silence of the Lambs," "Striking Distance," "Inspector Gadget," "Adventureland," "The Next Three Days," "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Jack Reacher."

The tours are being run by a division of the Pittsburgh Transportation Group. Popcorn will be provided and buses will stop so riders can get off and visit shooting locales.

"The reason we decided to do a movie tour is because Pittsburgh is now at that place where we are becoming considered the Hollywood of the East. We get so many movies coming into the area, and people are so interested in where film locations were shot," said Sherris Moreira, of Pittsburgh Tours & More. "We're finding that, doing a tour with the Film Office, they give us that background information and that we can support them with a portion of the proceeds going back to their nonprofit."

Tours will run through October. Tickets cost $30 to $40, depending on the number purchased.

The sniper scene at the beginning of "Jack Reacher" made the garage across the Allegheny River from PNC Park the most famous parking spots around. But the city as a whole is becoming a Hollywood favorite backdrop on the silver screen, where it has been featured in well over 100 movies and television productions.

"They get re-imagined and reused in different ways, so one time it may be Pittsburgh, the other time it may be a New York street," Conner said. "It's kind of fun to see how the filmmaker takes that same location, then uses that for something completely different, depending on the script."

"When you say the term 'Hollywood of the East,' some people think that is just a term. We actually are literally becoming quite the hot spot for movies," Moreira said. "I don't think people realize how popular Pittsburgh is in the movie industry."

In photos: Pittsburgh movie history highlights

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Pittsburgh has been the backdrop for more than 100 films and TV movies. Here are some of the most memorable.

PITTSBURGH HAS BEEN THE BACKDROP OF SOME OF THE BIGGEST HOLLYWOOD MOVIES. OUR CITY IS RAISING THE CURTAIN ON A NEW BUS TOUR HIGHLIGHTING THE HISTORY. I LOVE THE IDEA. GRAB YOUR CAMERA AND RAY PETELIN TAKES US ON A TRIP. Reporter: IF YOU GOT UNEASY AS SOON AS YOU SEEN THAT PARKING DECK BEHIND ME, YOU KNOW A MOVIE WAS SHOT HERE IN PITTSBURGH. A LOT OF MOVIES HAVE. THAT'S THE FOCUS OF A NEW TOUR COMING FROM THE STEEL CITY. Reporter: THIS IS THE MOST FAMOUS PARKING SPOT AROUND. PITTSBURGH IS BECOMING A HOLLYWOOD FAVORITE BACKDROP ON THE SILVER SCREEN BEING FEATURED THIS WELL OVER A HUNDRED MOVIES. THE 126th SINCE WE STARTED KEEPING TRACK OF FILMS. IF FILMS BROUGHT IN CLOSE TO $800 MILLION TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY SINCE 1990. Reporter: EVEN A OF THE FILM CREWS BACK UP THE INTEREST REMAIN. WE GET SO MANY MOVIES COMING TO THE AREA. PEOPLE ARE SO INTERESTED IN WHERE FILM LOCATIONS WERE SHOT. Reporter: OTHER THAN MOVIES, WHAT COULD BE MORE HOLLYWOOD THAN BUS TOURS? THE REASON WE DECIDED TO DO A MOVIE TOUR IS BECAUSE PITTSBURGH IS AT THE PLACE WHERE WE'RE BECOMING CONSIDERED THE HOLLYWOOD OF THE EAST. Reporter: LATER THIS MONTH, PITTSBURGH TOURS AND MORE WILL START THE LIGHTS, CAMERA, PITTSBURGH TOUR, A TWO AND A HALF HOUR TRIP TO SHOW OFF AREA SPOTS THAT WERE BACKDROPS IN MAJOR MOTION PICTURES AND WHY THESE SPOTS WERE CHOSEN. THERE'S A LOT OF THAT BACK STORY THAT WE'VE BEEN HOPING TO SHARE FOR A LONG TIME. Reporter: A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE FILM OFFICE TO KEEP MOVIES COMING BACK TO PITTSBURGH AND JUST LIKE THE ENDING OF ANY GOOD BLOCKBUSTER. . THERE WILL BE SOME OTHER SECRETS THAT THEY'LL BE GETTING AS WELL. Reporter: WHEN NEW MOVIES ARE